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French court penalizes TotalEnergies for deceptive greenwashing claims
Pro-Government
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) misled consumers in a 2021 ad campaign claiming it could become carbon neutral by 2050, a French civil court found on Thursday, in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company. The...
Owner: Syed Manzur Elahi
France: Parliamentary Acceleration on End-of-Life
Indeterminate
FSSPX.NEWS
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Under pressure on sovereign issues – immigration, justice, the economy – is the new French government seeking to create cross-party consensus on the back of natural law by accelerating the agenda for the bill that is supposed to enshrine a...
Owner: Society of Saint Pius X
Moody’s maintains France’s rating but revises outlook to negative.
Moody’s has maintained its Aa3 rating, indicating ‘high-quality debt,’ following downgrades by Fitch on September 12 and S&P Global last week to A+, signaling ‘upper-medium-grade debt.’ Moody’s cited the “increased risk of ongoing fragmentation in...
Owner: Moti Shabi
A Brand Debut in Copenhagen, Renovations in Singapore and the Radisson Group’s French Expansion
Indeterminate
Meetings Today
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Lobby at 1 Hotel Copenhagen. Credit: Mikkel Vang. Denmark Eco-conscious and sustainable living in Copenhagen made the city a desirable destination for 1 Hotels first location in continental Europe, 1 Hotel Copenhagen. The hotel, which is deeply...
Owner: Peter Stamats
Swiss Bitcoin-Only App Relai Secures MiCA License in France
Swiss Bitcoin app Relai has become one of the first Bitcoin-only companies to receive regulatory approval under Europe’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The Zurich-based firm announced today that it has been granted...
Owner: David Bailey
France prepares for sale of one of country’s finest wine collections
Center-right
The Times
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The Marquis de Lur Saluces was such a stickler for quality that if a vintage produced at his Château d’Yquem in Bordeaux failed to meet his exacting standards, he would refuse to sell any bottles at all that year. Now some 2,500 of the carefully...
Owner: Murdoch Family
World’s first motorway that charges EVs while driving begins trials in France
In a landmark step for sustainable transport, France has deployed the first motorway in the world equipped with a dynamic wireless charging system that allows electric vehicles to recharge directly while driving. On the A10 motorway, about 40 km...
Owner: Hüseyin Kilic
Oliver Barlow | How deep ecology can change the way we see the Earth
In Antibes, a city in the South of France, a pair of orcas helplessly circle their abandoned, algae infested enclosure. The two Orcas, Wikie and Keijo, are stuck in political limbo as officials debate their relocation site. Time is running low,...
Owner: RJRGLEANER Communications Group
French Ambassador Martinon encourages Lesotho to adopt predictable business environment
The French Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi, David Martinon, who is based in Pretoria, has been working to strengthen France’s diplomatic and development ties with the three countries since his accreditation to Lesotho in 2023. On...
Owner: Basildon Peta
French table grape producers, distributors, and marketers get together to boost the last part of the season
It is the home stretch for the French grape harvest. After two sluggish years in terms of volumes, French table grapes have returned to more substantial production this season. But consumption has been slow, and the strong presence of imported...
Owner: Pieter Boekhout
Does France Have Independent Media?
In a recent appearance on France Inter’s morning show—France’s rough equivalent to CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper or MSNBC’s Morning Joe—American progressive thinker Yascha Mounk found himself in the awkward spot of fact-checking two prominent...
Owner: American Brownstone Institute
Iraq–France Deal to Empower Film Industry Development
Dr Arif Al-Saadi, the Cultural Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, in a bid to boost creative cooperation between the two nations. The...
Owner: Iraq International News Agency Limited
DeBriefed 24 October 2025: EU 2040 climate goal progress; Shipping industry carbon price delayed; Europe’s indigenous people take Finland to court
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. EU leaders agreed climate goal ‘truce’ ‘BREAKTHROUGH’: EU leaders have reached a “breakthrough” on climate issues that “increases...
Owner: Carbon Brief Ltd
France’s Candidate to the ICJ: Ambassador François Alabrune on Law, Diplomacy, and the Pursuit of Justice
The Ambassador of France to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Mr. François Alabrune, recently spoke with Diplomat Magazine about his nomination as France’s candidate for the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a thoughtful and engaging...
Owner: Diplomat Magazine (Non-profit)
French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims
TotalEnergies signs at a petrol station in Nice, France, October 10, 2022. ERIC GAILLARD / REUTERS A French court on Thursday, October 23, ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its...
Owner: Matthieu Pigasse, Xavier Niel and Madison Cox
Tracy woman heads to France for World Forum
The World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, France, has invited Tracy resident Barbara McVeigh to speak at their upcoming conference. The conference is fully sponsored by The Council of Europe, under the patronage of the French President Emmanuel...
Owner: Will Fleet
Conference exhibits Shanghai's smart city models
Gov't Propaganda
People's Daily Online
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The 2025 SDG Cities Global Conference kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday, showcasing how the city's innovative approaches are empowering sustainable development in urban areas worldwide. This year's edition of the Shanghai Manual was unveiled at the...
Owner: Chinese Government
SFT France protests Pompidou Centre for celebrating Chinese artist responsible for fireworks stunt in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France staged a protest at the Pompidou Centre in Paris on Thursday, condemning the French contemporary art institution for celebrating Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, whose recent...
Owner: Tenzin Norsang Lateng
Can hybrid grapes solve the climate change dilemma for wine makers?
Ben and Tim Jordan, at their vineyard on the family farm in Fort Defiance in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., May 14, 2025. They are slowly converting the vineyard to hybrid vines in an effort to farm more naturally. (Jennifer Chase/The New York Times)...
Owner: Matthew & Ricardo Angulo
SMX Has Delivered What the Recycling Industry's Been Promising for Decades (NASDAQ: SMX)
Indeterminate
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 24, 2025 / People have heard of SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), but most still don't fully understand what we do or why it matters. That's understandable. Our work doesn't live on a screen. It lives inside the materials...